Lineage and Honors Information as of 28 June 2016
737th Support Company
- Organized and Federally recognized 18 November 1921 in the Ohio National Guard at Akron as Troop I, 1st Cavalry
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1922 as Troop E, 107th Cavalry, an element of the 22d Cavalry Division
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1927 as Headquarters Troop, 54th Cavalry Brigade
- Disbanded 1 November 1940
- Reorganized and Federally recognized 16 March 1948 in the Ohio Army National Guard at Akron as Troop E, 107th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron
- Reorganized and redesignated 15 September 1949 as Assault Gun Company, 1st Battalion, 107th Armored Cavalry Regiment
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1951 as Howitzer Company, 1st Battalion, 107th Armored Cavalry Regiment
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1959 as Troop F, 2d Squadron, 107th Armored Cavalry Regiment
- Location changed 1 December 1961 to Greensburg
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1963 as Troop H, 2d Squadron, 107th Armored Cavalry Regiment
- Reorganized and redesignated 15 November 1965 as Company H, 2d Squadron, 107th Armored Cavalry Regiment
- Consolidated 1 December 1969 with Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 2d Squadron, 107th Armored Cavalry Regiment (see ANNEX 1); consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 2d Squadron, 107th Armored Cavalry Regiment
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 June 1974 as Troop G, 2d Squadron, 107th Armored Cavalry Regiment
- Location changed 1 August 1976 to Alliance
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1977 as Howitzer Battery, 2d Squadron, 107th Armored Cavalry Regiment
- Consolidated 2 September 1993 with Howitzer Battery, 3d Squadron, 107th Armored Cavalry Regiment (see ANNEX 2); consolidated unit designated as Battery B, 1st Battalion, 134th Field Artillery, an element of the 28th Infantry Division
- Reorganized 1 September 1994 as Battery B, 1st Battalion, 134th Field Artillery, an element of the 38th Infantry Division
- Ordered into active Federal service 10 February 2004 at Alliance; released from active Federal service 8 February 2005 and reverted to state control
- Converted and redesignated 1 September 2007 as Company F, 128th Support Battalion, an element of the 2d Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 2008 as the 737th Support Company and relieved from assignment to the 2d Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division; location changed to Stow
- ANNEX 1
- Organized and Federally recognized 18 September 1947 in the Ohio Army National Guard at Akron as Troop C, 107th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron
- Reorganized and redesignated 15 September 1949 as Company C, 107th Armored Cavalry Regiment
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1959 as Troop E, 2d Squadron, 107th Armored Cavalry Regiment
- Location changed 1 December 1961 to Greensburg
- Consolidated 1 April 1963 with Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 2d Squadron, 107th Armored Cavalry Regiment (see ANNEX 3); consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 2d Squadron, 107th Armored Cavalry Regiment
- ANNEX 2
- Organized and Federally recognized 8 December 1924 in the Ohio National Guard at Cleveland as Company I, 145th Infantry, an element of the 37th Division
- Redesignated 1 April 1925 as Company B, 145th Infantry
- Inducted into Federal service 15 October 1940 at Cleveland
- (37th Division redesignated 1 February 1942 as the 37th Infantry Division)
- Inactivated 13 December 1945 at Camp Anza, California
- Reorganized and Federally recognized 21 November 1946 in the Ohio National Guard at Cleveland as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 135th Field Artillery Battalion
- Ordered into active Federal service 15 January 1952 at Cleveland
- (Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 135th Field Artillery Battalion [NGUS] organized and Federally recognized 15 January 1954)
- Released from active Federal service 15 June 1954 and reverted to state control; Federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 135th Field Artillery Battalion (NGUS)
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Howitzer Battalion, 135th Artillery; location changed to Lakewood
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1963 as Headquarters, Headquarters and Service Battery, 1st Battalion, 135th Artillery
- Consolidated 1 May 1968 with Battery A, 1st Battalion, 135th Field Artillery (see ANNEX 4); consolidated unit designated as Howitzer Battery, 1st Squadron, 107th Armored Cavalry Regiment and relived from assignment to the 37th Infantry Division
- Consolidated 1 May 1977 with Howitzer Battery, 2d Squadron, 107th Armored Cavalry Regiment (see ANNEX 4); consolidated unit designated as Howitzer Battery, 3d Squadron, 107th Armored Cavalry Regiment
- Location changed 1 November 1982 to Cleveland
- Location changed 1 January 1989 to Stow
- ANNEX 3
- Organized and Federally recognized 24 January 1952 in the Ohio Army National Guard at Akron as Battery D, 179th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion
- Redesignated 1 January 1953 as Battery D, 182d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion
- Converted and redesignated 1 September 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 2d Squadron, 107th Armored Cavalry Regiment
- Location changed 1 December 1961 to Greensburg
- ANNEX 4
- Organized and Federally recognized 14 June 1923 in the Ohio National Guard at Lakewood as Battery B, 135th Field Artillery an element of the 37th Division
- Inducted into Federal service 15 October 1940 at Lakewood
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1942 as Battery B, 135th Field Artillery Battalion
- (37th Division redesignated 1 February 1942 as the 37th Infantry Division)
- Inactivated in December 1945 at Camp Anza, California
- Expanded as Battery B (organized and Federally recognized 8 April 1947) and Battery A (organized and Federally recognized 29 October 1947), 135th Field Artillery Battalion in the Ohio National Guard at Lakewood
- Ordered into active Federal service 15 January 1952 at Lakewood
- After 15 January 1952 the above units underwent changes as follows:
- (Battery B, 135th Field Artillery Battalion [NGUS] organized and Federally recognized 15 January 1954)
- Released from active Federal service 15 June 1954 and reverted to state control; Federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from Battery B, 135th Field Artillery Battalion (NGUS)
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1959 as Battery A, 1st Howitzer Battalion, 135th Artillery
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1963 as Battery A, 1st Battalion, 135th Artillery
- (Service Battery, 135th Field Artillery Battalion [NGUS] organized and Federally recognized 15 January 1954)
- Released from active Federal service 15 June 1954 and reverted to state control; Federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from Service Battery, 135th Field Artillery Battalion (NGUS)
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1959 as Battery B, 1st Howitzer Battalion, 135th Artillery
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1963 as Battery B, 1st Battalion, 135th Artillery
- Batteries A and B, 1st Battalion, 135th Artillery consolidated 15 February 1968 with Battery C, 1st Battalion, 135th Artillery (see ANNEX 5); consolidated unit designated as Battery B, 1st Battalion, 135th Artillery and relieved from assignment to the 37th Infantry Division
- Converted and redesignated 1 May 1968 as Howitzer Battery, 2d Squadron, 107th Armored Cavalry Regiment
- ANNEX 5
- Organized and Federally recognized 13 April 1955 in the Ohio National Guard at Elyria as the 357th Ordnance Company
- Ordered into active Federal service 1 October 1961 at Elyria; released from active Federal service 12 August 1962 and reverted to state control
- Converted, and redesignated 1 April 1963 as Battery C, 1st Battalion, 135th Artillery, an element of the 37th Infantry Division
HOME STATION: Stow
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Northern Solomons
- Luzon (with arrowhead)
Decorations
- Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History
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